This is the newest xfe (X File Explorer) file manager.
I compiled,made,and tested the pets in lucid 525 but they should also
work in the other lucid-based pups.
The kde icon theme has been left out to keep the size of the pet under
2mb.
fox-1.6.43-i686-lucid.pet is needed as well for xfe to work.

Any idea whether the "Open with..." functionality works properly in this version?

I use the open with by associating a file type with a particular application and then just clicking on a file of that type opens the application.
I have jpeg files associated with viewnoir, txt files with geany.

My installed version of Xfe only ever shows a single item in the drop-down-list.

If I change the item, that is the [new and] ONLY item shown listed, and available to open some file.

Sylvander,

Yes, it doesn't seem to work as expected. However, here's a workaround I've made.

Since the /root/.config/xfe/xferc file is overridden, it requires making a permanent file which is copied over before xfe starts. The file is edited and renamed so that it retains permanent settings for a drop-down list of possibilities and called /root/.config/xfe/xfercPERM.

Just edit the [HISTORY]
open=XXX:YYY: part of the /root/.config/xfe/xferc file, fill in your list of program names, and save it as /root/.config/xfe/xfercPERM. Name the below script "xfe" and rename the xfe exec "xfe-bin".

1. When online using Firefox...
I click on the link for the PET file...
And choose to "Save...".

2. Firefox is configured to save in /00 [I made this handy folder using ROX, prior to downloading and installing Xfe]...
And it will also ask if I want to save it here or elsewhere.
[I added 01, 02, 03, 04 later using Xfe]

3. I choose the default location [/00], and the PET file is saved there.
The /00 folder is automatically placed at the top of the folder hierarchy, so it's very easy to find.

4. I run Xfe...
By clicking on it in the "Menu->Filesystem"...
Or by entering the command xfe in a terminal window.

5. Then navigate to /00...
Right-click on the PET file, and choose "Open...".
The [contents of the] PET file begins to be installed.

Connectet "Open With " to /usr/bin/extract-pet.
Pet is now extracted. But not in the same way like when using ROX.
There is a folder containing the extracted pet file in the same folder beside the pet file.
Do i have to place maybe the pet file to a special location to install it like Rox will do ?
Will it be indicated in ppm like when i click the petfile with Rox ?

I tried for example with opera pet.
Did extract the pet into a folder named opera with the contents-folders- root-
usr-var.
but no way to start

TRied with another pet (swapfile manager).

Extracted it (with XFE) and could make it start.
but how to make all the folders automatically go to the correct location ?

Can make pets work by placing manually all files to their corresponding location.

1. "As far as i understood, i have to click (in XFE ) on the selected pet file ,with rightmouse-click on the openend menu > click "open"."
Yes.

2. "Does it anyhow matter in which folder the pet files are in ?"
In general, no, it doesn't matter.
I wouldn't put them in the tmp folder.

3. "I just right-clicked the pet file and then choosed-clicked "open" .
There seems something working but no install no effect."
A dialog window should have opened asking if you want to install.
Did you perhaps cover that dialog?
Minimize all windows, and see if the dialog is then visible.
There should be a button for it at far right of the taskbar.

4. "Do i have to link XFE to a special Application or command ?"
That shouldn't be necessary; PET files should already be associated with the program that opens them [I forget the program].
However...
If you know which program opens PET files, you can choose "Open with..." and navigate to that program, and choose it, and then continue to open the PET file with that program.

5. "Connectet "Open With " to /usr/bin/extract-pet."
WRONG PROGRAM!
Hence, you get the wrong result.

6. "There is a folder containing the extracted pet file in the same folder beside the pet file."
This is NOT what's needed.

7. "Do i have to place maybe the pet file to a special location to install it like Rox will do ?"
NO.

8. "Will it be indicated in ppm like when i click the petfile with Rox ?"
YES...
Once installed, and you will be told it has successfully installed....
It will show up in the bottom window of the PPM...
And also in the "Check dependencies..." window.

9. "Extracted it (with XFE) and could make it start."
Is that a portable program?
Normally a new program would have a new entry placed somewhere in the Puppy Menu.

10. "how to make all the folders automatically go to the correct location ?"
They normally do...
I've never had any problem of that sort, in all the years I've used Puppy.

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